Thomas Jefferson High School (Dallas)
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| Thomas Jefferson High School | |
| No mountain too high, No ocean too wide,
Reaching our goals with Patriot Pride. |
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| School type | High school |
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| Established | ca. 1956 |
| District | Dallas Independent School District |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Principal | Manuel R. Ontiveros, M.Ed. |
| Dean | Dr. O.D. Vega (Ed.D.) |
| Students | 1,673 |
| Colors | Columbia blue and cardinal red |
| Mascot | Patriot |
| Newspaper | The Reveille |
| Location | 4001 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, Texas 75229 |
| Information | 972-502-7300 (office), 972-502-7301 (FAX) |
| Website | http://www.dallasisd.org/schools/hs/tjhs/info.htm |
Thomas Jefferson High School (Dallas) is a secondary school in Dallas, Texas that serves grades 9-12. The school is part of the Dallas Independent School District and is located at 4001 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, Texas 75229. The school is named after the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, and locally is known simply as "TJ."
The school's colors are Columbia blue and cardinal red and its mascot is the Patriot. Until the mid-1970s, the (Confederate) Rebel served as school mascot and the Confederate Navy Jack was a recognized school emblem. However, the negative connotations of both symbols necessitated a change to the current ones in use today. In the 2005-06 school year, the school celebrated its 50th anniversary.[1]
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[edit] The campus
The class of 1965 had 962 members, the largest graduating class of any high school in Texas up to that time.[2]
The high school shotput record was set at the Golden West Invitational in 1979 by then-senior Michael Carter, who threw the 12-pound shotput 81 feet, 31/2 inches. As of June 2006, the record had yet to be broken or even approached.[3]
In 2006, the League of United Latin American Citizens provided uniforms for all 20 members of the TJ boys' soccer team after learning that the team, which had taken second place in the athletic district, had been unable to afford to outfit the full team for the previous four years.[4]
[edit] School uniforms
Students are required to wear school uniforms.[5]
[edit] Feeder patterns
The following elementary schools feed into Jefferson[6]:
- David G. Burnet
- Leonides Cigarroa
- Tom W. Field
- Stephen C. Foster
- Obadiah Knight
- Julian T. Saldivar
- Walnut Hill
Two middle schools, Edward H. Cary and Thomas J. Rusk (partial), feed into Jefferson.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Tom Hicks, investment entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Stars NHL hockey team[7]
- Jeff Blum '67, Philanthropist
- Karen Katz, CEO, Neiman Marcus Stores
- Burt Solomons, Representative, Texas State House of Representatives
- Linda Evans, CEO, the Meadows Foundation, Dallas
- Rhys Best, Chairman and CEO, Lone Star Technologies
- Ron Chapman, Texas State District Judge, Court of Appeals
- Jan Hart, former Dallas city manager[2]
- Mike Nesmith, actor-musician and member of The Monkees[8][9]
- David Meyercord, Former Managing Partner, Strasburger and Price
- Becky Sykes, Executive Director, Dallas Women's Foundation
- Eddie Dominguez, former Texas A&M basketball player[10], led TJ to state basketball championship in 1962; owner and president of Tupinamba Restaurants[11]
- Michael Carter, former San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman and 1984 Olympics silver medalist in shot put[12]
- Dave Huffman, All-American football player and broadcaster, member of the 1977 Notre Dame championship team, Minnesota Vikings center, guard, and tackle
- Meat Loaf (M.L. Aday), rock musician[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ TJ Alumni Association Main Page
- ^ a b c Class of 1965 Reunion site
- ^ John Crumpacker. The Carter family puts its emphasis in Sacramento, San Francisco Chronicle, June 6, 2006
- ^ LULAC Gives Uniforms to High School Soccer Team
- ^ Thomas Jefferson HS: Policies
- ^ Feeder Pattern for Thomas Jefferson HS, 2006-07 School Year
- ^ Notable People: Thomas O. Hicks, Museum of the Gulf Coast
- ^ Liner notes to Dallas' Scene, Heard - Rare and Unreleased Tracks Compiled by the Dallas Observer
- ^ Mike Nesmith, profile by Rhino Records
- ^ "Traditions in Sports," part of the exhibit ¡Siempre! Hispanics at Texas A&M Celebrating 130 Years
- ^ Mary Brown Malouf, Taco of the Town: Tupinamba deserves its spot in Tex-Metroplex history, Dallas Observer, May 9, 1996
- ^ SF Chronicle
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